List of passenger ships built in the United States
As a result of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920, only ships built and registered in the United States are permitted to sail solely between ports in the United States.[1][2] The Merchant Marine Act of 1928 would continue to incentivize and spur the construction of U.S. built ships through government loans, which would lead the International Mercantile Marine Company and along with other U.S. run shipping lines to order new ships up through World War II.[2]
The largest passenger liner built in the United States to date is the SS United States, completed in 1952.[3] The last large passenger liner to be completed in the United States was Moore-McCormack Lines' SS Argentina in 1958.[4]
The only US-built deep water passenger ships still in existence today are the SS United States (laid up), former converted cargo liner SS Medina (hotel ship), cargo/passenger liner NS Savannah (museum ship), and the partially US-built Pride of America (still in service). Today, only small coastal and river passenger ships are still built in the U.S. and fly the American flag.
Shipyards edit
The primary yards that were building passenger ships in the 20th century include:
- Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Ltd., Newport News, Virginia[5]
- Ingalls Shipyards, Pascagoula, Mississippi[6]
- Fore River Shipyard, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Quincy, Massachusetts[7]
- William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[8]
- New York Shipbuilding of Camden, New Jersey[9]
- Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Kearny, NJ
List edit
References edit
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- ^ a b Miller, William H. (2001). SS Independence, SS Constitution : great American ocean liners (1st ed.). Fleischmanns, N.Y.: Purple Mountain Press. ISBN 1-930098-31-6. OCLC 48039110.
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- ^ Maxtone-Graham, John (2014). SS United States : Red, White & Blue Ribband, Forever (First ed.). New York. ISBN 978-0-393-24170-9. OCLC 890377082.
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External links edit
- U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) Vessel History Database
- Murals on the High Seas - Artwork on American Built Passenger Liners
- Moore-McCormack Lines History
- Matson Line History
- SS United States Conservancy
- Grace Line History
Bibliography edit
- Harnack, Edwin P (1938) [1903]. All About Ships & Shipping (7th ed.). London: Faber and Faber. p. 549.